ISLAMABAD – The new visa regime announced by the Government of Pakistan wasindicative of an open, confident and secure Pakistan, Ambassador of ChinaYao Jing said this during a meeting with Federal Minister for Informationand Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain here Wednesday.“We are happy to see that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government is guidingstrong bilateral relations between the two countries in a positivedirection,’’ he said.The ambassador also appreciated the personal efforts of the informationminister in promoting culture and films to project the positive image ofPakistan.He said this year China would allow screening of selected Pakistani featurefilms in Chinese cinemas, which would promote people-to-people contactsbetween the two countries.The information minister highly appreciated the endeavour and informed theambassador that Pakistan was participating in 9th International BeijingFilm Festival. It was high time to broaden the cooperation between the twocountries by exchanging information and co-producing feature films, headded.Fawad also sought China’s assistance in establishing a technical mediainstitute as part of the Media University, the government envisages toestablish soon.The ambassador informed the minister that under the next phase of ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor, both China and Pakistan would focus on jointventures in special economic zones and social sector projects, includinghealth, education, water resources, and poverty alleviation.While emphasizing the significance of transfer of technology, the ministerreiterated that government accorded importance to local production of goodswith a view to boost indigenous industry, particularly in field of media.
An open, confident and secure Pakistan emerging: Chinese Ambassador
